Ball-bearing wheel-hub for vehicles



(No Model.)

H. WEBER. A 'l BALL BEARING WHEEL FOR VEHICLES. N0..5 83,556. y Patented June l, 1897.

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i' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 583,556, dated J' une 1,1897.. I i' f.

,Application filed November 24,189.8. Serial No. 613,348. (No model.) i 'v V l @To all whom it may concern:

uBe it known that I, HERMGN WEBER, a ci ti,- zen of the United States, residing at Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented a neW and useful Ball- Bearing Wheel- Hub for Vehicles, of

, which the following is a specification.v 'f

This invention relates to vehicle-wheels, and more especially to the hubs thereof.

The main and primary object of the present invention is to provide a new and useful ball-bearing vehicle-hub constructed in such a manner as` to adapt the same for use on the axle-spindles of ordinary carriages or Wagons, so that wheels having hubs constructed in accordance with the present invention are readily interchangeable with wheels of any ordinary carriage or WagonV Without altering the axles or spindles thereof'in. any way, while at the saine time making use of the ordinaryaxle-nuts to secure the hubs in place on the axle-spindles.

y With these and other objects in vievv,'vvhich will readily appear as the nature of the ini vention is better understood, the saine consist-s in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter' more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

. in the drawing the figure is a longitudinal sectionalview of aballebearing hub oonstruct-l odin accordance with the present invention. l

Referring to the accompanying drawing, thenulneral 1 ,designates the .axle-spindle. of

an 'ordinary carriage or Wagon, which spindley has formed at its inner end the usual annulai' collar 2 and is provided at its outer end with the threaded tip 3, Whichreceives the ordinary axle-nut e, having lat .its .itlllel'edge the annular binding-fiange 5., serving to secure a wheel on the spindle in the usual manner.- A

In the present invention the laxle-spindle' 1 is designed to have fitted thereon a ball-bearf Y ing huh having an inner stationary axle sleeve 4S 'or skein 6, extending the entire length of the spindle l and of a slightly greater diameter than the spindle, so as to chave its inner end snug yiit over the annular collar 2 at the inner end of the spindle, and said axle sleeve or skein 6 of the ball-bearing hub is interiorly tapered or flared within its outer end portion, as at 7, to receive therein an exteriorly-taf Apelea1Wedgenannte s, having a cylindrical bore receiving the axle-spindle 1. The exteq riorly-tapered wedge-thirnble Sis slipped over theouter end of the axle-spindle 1 and insert- 'ed into the interiorly-xtapered or flared end portion7 of the sleeve 6, and. bythenplacing the nut a, on the spindle-tip `31a11,d' screwing.

'the same against :the outer end ofvtlie-thimble S'the latter will be tightly wedged'withinthe "outerend'of, the sleeve 6, sogastofrmly sey cure the sleeve in place on the axle-spindle.

` The inneraxle sleeve or skein 6 of the hubf is exteriorly threaded at its opposite ends, as at 9, to receive thereon the interiorly-threaded bearing-cones 10 and 11,'repeetively, the

bearing-,cone lO'being a'stationary cone fitted y on theinner end of the sleeve 6', while the conell is adjustable on the threaded outer `l end portion 'of the sleeve 6 to provide for tightening up the bearings Whenever required inthe usual way. l

. The 'oppositely-located bearing-cones 10 and 11 are provided with the usual inner coricaved bearing-faces 12, opposed to the correspending faces of the ball-cup rings 13,which cup-rin gs' are fitted within the interior shouldered seats 14, -iormed'in the inner periphery of the hollow cylindrical h ub-b ody 15, respectively at opposite` ends of such body. The said ball-cup rings 13, together with the adjacent cones 10 and 11, inclose ball-races, in which are arranged a circular series of bearing-balls 16, and by a proper adjustment of Q the adjustable cone 11 wear of the balls 16 maybe readily compensated for, as is well.

understood. The ball-cup rings 13 are provided at their outer edges with the' horizontal flange extensions 17, Within which iange extensions are fitted flat steel retaining-rings 18, which project inwardly toward the longitudinal center of the hub and serve to properly retain the bearing-balls in place.

The hollow cylindrical hub-body 15, carrying the .ball-cups 13, is provided near oppotaching flanges 19, to which are connected in the usualv way the ordinarywire wheel-spokes 20, which serve to complete a wheel of the or dinarybicycle type, and said hub-body 15 is providedlrwith an exteriorly-threaded ange 21 atitsopter end, which is engaged by a ra movable in teriorly-threaded flanged dustscap vsite ends With-the exterior annular spoke-at-l f y ICO v 22, which covers the entire outer end of the hub and excludes dust therefrom.

The adjustable bearing-cone 1l is secured fast in any adjusted position by means of a lock-nut 23, Working on the threaded outer end portion of the sleeve 6 and biudingagainst i the washer 24, interposed between the same thereof.

foruse in connection with bicycles and vehi-v 'clesof all sorts, and changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Havingl thus described the invention, what is clainiecb'and desired to be secured by Let-` ters Patent, is-

1. The combination with an axle-spindle and the axle-nut thereof, oi' an inner axlesleeve or skein adapted to be lit-ted on said,

axle-spindle and'extending the entire length thereof, said sleeve or skein being interiorly tapered or flared within its outer endportion, andan eXtericrly-tapered wedge-thimble fitting on the spindle Wi thin the tapered or, flared outer end portion of the sleeve and engaged by said axle-nut, substantially as set forth.

2. 'In a wheel, the combination with the axle-spindle and the nut thereof, of an inner stationary sleeve or skein fitted on the 'spindle and interiorly tapered or flared Within its outer endl portion, an exteriorly tapered Wedge-thimble fitted on the spindle within the tapered or flared portion of `the sleeve and engaged by said nut, and a hollow cylindrical hub-bod y having a ball-bearing 'support on said sleeve or skein, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I havehereto aixed my signature; in the presence of two-witnesses.

HERMoN WEBER; 'I I Nitnessesz W. H. WAHL, C. C. MEDBERY. 

